Freestyle motocross

GRIFFITH'S own aerial daredevil Joel Brown got the email he had been waiting for this week, after officially securing a full-time contract to ride overseas for the next two years.

Brown was invited to a prestigious try-out in Belgium last month to perform regularly as part of a casino show in Macau in China, with the local's mastery of his body and machine, seeing him tick all the right boxes with his new bosses.

Despite winning a number of national competitions in the last year, Brown said getting the chance to make a full-time career out of his passion was a dream come true.

"You can stay in Australia (to compete) and the sponsors I picked up this year were trying to get me on the Crusty (Demons) tour next year, which is an honour in itself, but that is kind of staying in Australia every year riding the Crusty tour and just doing the comps, but I would still have to have a job on the side," Brown said.

"We're getting paid to ride and we know we have to put on a good show and that's why we're going to be doing so much training in the next few weeks."

That preparation starts in August when Brown heads back to Belgium for seven weeks of intensive training with some of the best riders from Australia and America, who will be his aerial co-workers.

"Basically my day for the seven weeks will be wake up, go to the gym and then jump on my bike and ride for a couple of hours, go to the gym again and that's my day," he said.

Despite struggling to find time to train and compete while still holding down a full-time job, Brown's career in the last year has reached the same dizzying heights he regularly achieves during his high flying routines.

Brown won the South Australian title, the FMX nationals crown, the RFP Underground Tour title and the New Zealand Farm Jam gold in a stunning 12 months that saw him named